Raymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French right-wing politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents. He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. As a candidate for the presidency in 1988, he came in third and was eliminated in the first round. He was born in Saint-Denis, on the French island of Réunion, and then still a colony.
Barre in 1980
The house where Raymond Barre was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion
Raymond Barre standing next to Mother Tessa Bielecki and Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits during the 1989 World Economic Forum
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing, also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
Giscard d'Estaing in 1975
Giscard d'Estaing in the 1940s
Giscard with US president John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1962
Giscard d'Estaing (right) with US president Jimmy Carter (left) in 1978